“Fifty Fifty” (1956) is a forgotten movie by now, and few people have much idea about the actors/ story of this movie. This movie had actors like M.Rajan, Nalini Jaiwant, David, Om Prakash, Manmohan Krishna, Gope, Helen, Tuntun etc. in it. From the star cast, it would seem that the movie was a C grade movie.Read more on this topic…

“Jaagriti” (1954) was an idealistic movie that was produced just a few years after Indian independence when people of India were in an idealisting and nation building mode. Several songs of this movie went on to become iconic songs. It is in this movie that we have songs like “Aao bachhon tumhen dikhaayen jhaaki Hindustaan ki” and “De di hamen aazaadi bina khadg bina bhaal”.Read more on this topic…

“Jeet” (1949) was an idealistic movie released just after India had become an independent nation. Its idealism may look naive today, but at that time, people actiually had high hopes and big aspirations. This movie “Jeet” (1949) must have struck the right chords with its audience at that time, I am sure.Read more on this topic…

Indians had great nationalistic fervour in the years after independence. There were a few movies made during those days that talked about working to make the country prosperous.Read more on this topic…

“Umang”(1969) was a movie that was made with the inhouse resources of the alumni of Pune Film Institute. as long as it meant using their students behind the scenes, it was alright, but they insisted on casting these students as the actors of this movie as well. Going by the reception that this movie received at the box office, the experiment of using these raw youngsters as actors prove to be a disaster.Read more on this topic…